i just gave a small donation to the canadian red cross (it was the easiest one to donate) and will give more as soon as uk have got an appeal going for japan... my heart goes out to the people of japan!!

I knew how you feel... last time tsunami hit Thailand as well... it was hard to pull everything together in one mind.... just hope that all ppl will be united and help each other as much as you can... our hearts & prayers always be w/ every single one in Japan.

My heart, thoughts, and prayers go out to everyone in Japan and those who have friends and family in Japan right now. This is a complete disaster! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw how much damage actually occurred. I just hope they can come back from something like this because Japan is an amazing country. Even if its just saying a prayer, I hope everyone can do something to help.

News keeps getting worse and worse - even the Gundam got taken down by this one But I hear the post is still being collected so I ordered some stuff from my favourite Jlist - they are all okay and I guess life needs to go on, right?

Donate to the Red Cross in your local country I would suggest - the national organisations all get involved in something of this size and I understand the Japanese gov't have now asked for international assistance :(

We'll be waiting for Gosick and the rest, no problems. I already watched the Makoto Shinkai films today which made me even sadder :`)

unfortuantly it a well know fact that any money donated to the red cross, only 8% ever makes it to the people who need it

that's not place the blame on the red cross, more the routes through goverment it has to take

They say 91% makes it to the people in need and I have no evidence against that. If you do, you should show it. 8% would fail every charity audit ever, anywhere so I don't believe it I'm afraid. You might be thinking of the European Parliament, maybe - they're expensive and useless.

i'm just going by what i did my Geography GCSE on, that said, this was 14 years ago and aimed at Africans countries like Somalia

I strongly advise anyone who wishes to donate and can navigate the japanese language to offer CASH or paypal/wire-transfers to directly to domestic aid foundations. The Red Cross is HUGE in Japan but donate directly to their domestic offices.

Basically avoid charitable donations that risk political or external biases.